Scrinium brazieri

Scrinium brazieri
Shell of Scrinium brazieri (holotype)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Scrinium
Species:	S. brazieri
Binomial name
Scrinium brazieri (E. A. Smith, 1892)
Synonyms [1]
Apaturris brazieriHedley, 1918 Mitromorpha brazieriE. A. Smith, 1892 (original combination)

Scrinium brazieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6½ mm, its diameter 3 mm; length of the aperture: 3⅓ mm, its diameter 1¼ mm.

(Original description of Mitromorpha brazieri in Latin) The shell is ovately-fusiform, spirally thinly-striated, and sculptured with growth lines. It is pale brownish and painted with indistinct transverse lines articulated with white and red. There are 5 whorls. The uppermost two whorls (the nucleus) are large, globose, smooth, shining, and horny. The remaining whorls are somewhat convex and are separated by a distinct, slightly oblique suture. The body whorl is elongated and only slightly contracted anteriorly. The aperture is elongated and pale brownish inside, being broadly channelled anteriorly. The outer lip is thin. The columella is slightly concave above, obliquely twisted below, and covered with a thin, shining callus. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and South Australia

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Scrinium brazieri (E. A. Smith, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434881 on 2018-04-20
2. Smith, E.A. (1891c) Descriptions of new species of shells from New South Wales, New Guinea, the Caroline and Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1891, 486–491, pl. 40 {{source-attribution)

• Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120
• Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12.
• Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
• Shuto, T. 1975. Notes on type species of some turrid genera based on the type specimens in the British Museum (N.H.). Venus 33(4): 161–175

External links

• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Biolib.cz: Scrinium brazieri